Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-11-19
CHURCHILL COUNTY.
A Thrifty and Prosperous Country.

n Anf1Lty anu prosperous SOuhtE%.
There is probably not another county in
the State of which less is heard than Church. |
i'll, and still it is one of the most prosperous
counties in Nevada. 1t is inhabited by a |
class Of people who know how to farm and
what kind Of stock to raise. There are many |
thousands of acres OF land now under cult |
walton, and there are still many more tbous- !
ands of acres that will be cultivated when
the time comes that the State takes some &C.
ton in regard to the storing Of water. The
land in Churchill county is not to be sur
passed in this State or any other. 1t is very
fertile and will produce where irrigated
crops of great size. Like all other agricul
tural portions Of the State, alfalfa and bar
ley are the chief crops, while potatoes are
raised in abundance and of good quality.
The crops Of barley and alfalfa are always
good and rank with the best in the State,
but the potatoes are not of as fine quality
as those raised further up along the Carson
river. The country possesses SPLENDID IA
cilities for irrigation, as it is very level and
can be easily ditched, all that is required is
the water. This year has been the dryest
known since the earliest settlers have lived
in the county, and the effects of such a dry
season have been bad for the ranchers, few
of them putting up more than three -fourths
Of second crop Of hay. Many of the farm
ers of Churchill have fine orchards, and the
fruit raised is Of an excellent quality. The
old orchards bear we'll yearly, and the
young ones that have been recently set out
look thrifty and hardy. In the stock line
many Improvements have been made in, the
last few years. There are no scrub horses
in the county now, they are all from good
stock both draft and road. The cattle are
mostly shorthorns, al though there are sever.
al other breeds, and the pork is the finest
raised in any country.
OF late quite mining boom has been an
ticipated in that county, in the l. X. L. Dis.
trict. Several good mines have been dis.
covered and also several good strikes been
made in some of the cid mines. The ore
carries considerable galena and many exper-
iments have been made to find the best way
of working it. A smelter has recently been
erected near Bernice and is now, we believe,
working the rock from one or two of the
mines in a satisfactory manner.
AS to the people who inhabit this little
part OF the earth we have spoken of, you
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class in the world Many of them belong
to the Seven Day Advents, but their re.
ligion does not seem to hinder them from
enjoying themselves as much on Saturday as
any other day in the week, and we are told
it does not deter them from getting a good
bargain in horse trade or betting on the
winning horse in race. II you think you
can run bluff by Offering to horses on
Saturday for money, you will be fooled, for
most any of the Sink folks will accommo-
date you, with race at any distance, from
the length of hoe handle to the soap works
in Missouri.
To conclude, all that is required to make
Churchill county more prosperous than it
now is, is water. AS we have said before,
there are many acres of fine land in the
county that are not yet taken up that will
some day make the finest ranches in the
State. When the time comes that the State
will send set Of Legislators to Carson who
will not frittef away the States money in
little dabs, but bunch it, and put it into
scheme to build reservoirs to store water,
then will it be that nearly all the land in
Churchill county will become valuable prop
erty. We do not suggest that any legisla-
tive enactments be made for the benefit of
this one county alone; but the daming OF
the Carson at its headwaters would be
move in the right direction to help Church
i'll aad all the balance of the western por-
ton of the State.